{"id":713434,"date":"2026-06-19T11:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/713434\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:15:13","slug":"iran-protest-fifa-over-world-cup-restrictions-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/713434\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran protest FIFA over World Cup restrictions – Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shafaq News-
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Iran’s football
\nfederation is preparing to file an official complaint with FIFA over
\nrestrictions affecting the national team’s travel arrangements during the 2026
\nWorld Cup, arguing that the measures violate the principle of equal treatment
\namong participating teams.<\/p>\n

The complaint
\nfocuses on Iran’s Group G match against Belgium on June 21 in Los Angeles. The
\nFootball Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) stated that
\norganizers rejected<\/a> a request to arrive two days before kickoff, allowing the
\nsquad to enter the city only 24 hours before the match.<\/p>\n

The controversy
\nfollows Iran’s opening Group G draw against New Zealand in Los Angeles, after
\nwhich the team was required to return immediately to its base in Tijuana,
\nMexico, rather than remain in the city for a recovery session.<\/p>\n

Head coach Amir
\nGhalenoei later labeled his side \u201cthe most oppressed\u201d team at the tournament,
\nwhile captain Mehdi Taremi called the situation \u201ca disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-19T08:52:04+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Tehran Iran’s football federation is preparing to file…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[166971,16993,4,450,451,801,307578,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-713434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-2026-fifa-world-cup","tag-breaking","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-iran-protest-fifa-over-world-cup-restrictions","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}